Families slam sentence given to driver for causing death of friends

Tuesday 19th July 2016 17:30 EDT
 
 

The heartbroken families of three young men killed in a sportscar horror smash have slammed the “two years per life” sentence handed to the teenage driver.

Arayeb Saqib was “high on cannabis” when he sped away from police in the Audi S5 he was illegally driving at speeds of ‘up to 120mph’ before crashing in Whalley Range in the early hours of April 27. His passengers Hamzaa Iqbal, 24, and Mohammad Hamza Gujjar, 21, were killed instantly. Their friend Munib Karim, 20, died the following day.

A fourth passenger Suhaib Aziz, 19, “miraculously” survived the collision, but suffered serious injuries in the high-speed collision on Wilbraham Road.


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